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News: British author M. John Harrison won the 2026 Booker Prize for his 13th novel, The End of Everything (published by Serpent’s Tail).
About Booker Prize 2026
- The Booker Prize is a literary award that honors the best original novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
- Awarded by: It is awarded annually by the Booker Prize Foundation.
- Founding year: It was founded in the UK in 1969.
- Frequency: It is awarded every year.
- Prize: The winner receives £50,000, and a trophy presented by the previous year’s winner.
- Also £2,500 is awarded to each of the six shortlisted authors.
- Both the winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a global readership and can expect a dramatic increase in book sales.
About Booker Prize 2026
- It has been won by British author M. John Harrison for his novel, “The End of Everything”, a dystopian satire that probes the limits of human understanding.
- He has becomes the oldest author to win the prestigious literary prize after a writing career spanning 60 years.
- ‘The End of Everything’ was also the shortest novel on this year’s shortlist and won because judges felt it is a book that leaves you with a twinge of optimism about the world.
- Finalist authors:
- ‘The Things We Never Say’ by Elizabeth Strout
- ‘Black Bag’ by Luke Kennard
- ‘May We Feed the King’ by Rebecca Perry were among the finalists.
